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European Conference on Software Process Improvement

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Process Support for Product Line Application Engineering

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 172))

Abstract

The derivation of products from a software product line is a time-consuming and expensive activity. Despite recognition that an effective process could alleviate many of the difficulties associated with product derivation, existing approaches have different scope, emphasize different aspects of the derivation process and are frequently too specialized to serve as a general solution. In response to a need for methodological support, we developed Pro-PD (Process model for Product Derivation). Pro-PD was iteratively developed and evaluated through four research stages involving academic and industrial sources. This paper illustrates how Pro-PD provides systematic support by using product derivation preparation as an example.

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  1. RiSE – Reuse in Software Engineering and the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

    Padraig O’Leary

  2. Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland

    Ita Richardson

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  1. Lero, The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Rory V. O‘Connor

  2. Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

    Jan Pries-Heje

  3. ISCN Ltd., Graz, Austria

    Richard Messnarz

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O’Leary, P., Richardson, I. (2011). Process Support for Product Line Application Engineering. In: O‘Connor, R.V., Pries-Heje, J., Messnarz, R. (eds) Systems, Software and Service Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22206-1_17

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